The Nature of Things (Penguin Classics)
The seminal Epicurean text, in a brilliant new translation The Epicureans of ancient Rome discarded the ideas of life after death and of an interventionist God in favor of the tactile pleasures of nature. In The Nature of Things, Lucretius celebrates with wit and sharp perception the...
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The seminal Epicurean text, in a brilliant new translation The Epicureans of ancient Rome discarded the ideas of life after death and of an interventionist God in favor of the tactile pleasures of nature. In The Nature of Things, Lucretius celebrates with wit and sharp perception the extraordinary breadth of the Epicurean belief system, ranging from the indestructibility of atoms and the discovery of fire to the folly of romantic love and the phenomena of clouds and rainstorms.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140447965 (0140447962)
ASIN: 0140447962
Publish date: 2007-07-26
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Science,
Religion,
Philosophy,
Poetry,
Roman,
Ancient
Well, here I am, once again sitting in the passenger seat of my Dad's car on our final trek to Melbourne, and since I have been reading, sleeping, or driving for most of the day, I might as well fix up a couple of my reviews while I am sitting here (and since I have a smartphone, and my Dad has this...
IntroductionFurther ReadingA Note on the Text and TranslationAcknowledgementsThe Nature of Things--Book I: Matter and Void--Book II: The Dance of Atoms--Book III: Mortality and the Soul--Book IV: The Senses--Book V: Cosmos and Civilization--Book VI: Weather and the EarthNotesGlossary of Proper Names
Review forthcoming...I'll probably wuss out on all the quote-heavy analysis I plan to do and end up half-assing it anyway.